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Both prostate adenocarcinoma and cervical cancerhave been linked to exposure to trichloroethylene(TCE) — an industrial solvent and ubiquitouspollutant at military air bases._____________________________________

Diets rich in fresh vegetablesmay reduce nasophryngeal carcinoma (NPC)risk, but eating preserved vegetablesappears to do just the opposite, sayresearchers at Johns Hopkins University inBaltimore (International Journal of Cancer2006;119:1125-35).

The team conducted a meta-analysis of datafrom 16 studies published between 1966 and2004. When data was compared for groupswith the highest and lowest recorded dietarylevels of preserved vegetables, high intakewas associated with more than a doubling ofNPC risk.

But the chemical turned out to be sodium dichromate, a substance so dangerous that even limited exposure greatly increases the risk of cancer. Soon, many of the 22 Americans and 100-plus

Iraq Contractor fights suit over toxic exposureWASHINGTON - When the American team arrived in Iraq in the summer of 2003 to repair the Qarmat Ali water injection plant, supervisors told them the orange, sand-like substance strewn around the looted facility was just a "mild irritant," workers recall.

Radioactive Wounds of WarGerard Matthew thought he was lucky. He returned from his Iraq tour a year and a half ago alive and in one piece. But after the New York State National Guardsman got home, he learned that a bunkmate, Sgt. Ray Ramos, and a group of N.Y. Guard members from another unit had accepted an offer by the New York Daily News and reporter Juan Gonzalez to be tested for depleted uranium (DU) contamination, and had tested positive. Matthew, 31, decided that since he’d spent much of his time in Iraq lugging around DU-damaged equipment, he’d better get tested too. It turned out he was the most contaminated of them all. Matthew immediately urged his wife to get an ultrasound check of their unborn baby. They discovered the fetus had a condition common to those with radioactive exposure: atypical syndactyly. The right hand had only two digits.

"Depleted Unranium blamed for Cancer Cluster among Iraq War VetsA discovery by American Free Press that nearly half of the recently returned soldiers in one unit from Iraq have "malignant growths" is "critical evidence," according to experts, that depleted uranium weapons are responsible for the huge number of disabled Gulf War vets - and damage to their DNA.

A growing number of U.S. military personnel who are serving, or have served, in the Persian Gulf, Iraq , and Afghanistan have become sick and disabled from a variety of symptoms commonly known as Gulf War Syndrome. Depleted uranium (DU) weapons have been blamed for causing many of the symptoms.

"Gulf War vets are coming down with these symptoms at twice the rate of vets from previous conflicts," said Barbara A. Goodno from the Dept. of Defense's Deployment Health Support Directorate.

A recent discovery by American Free Press that nearly half the soldiers in one returned unit have malignant growths has provided the scientific community with "critical evidence," experts say, to help understand exactly how depleted uranium affects humans - and their DNA.

Soaring birth deformities and child cancer rates in IraqBy James Cogan10 May 2005Iraqi doctors are making renewed efforts to bring to the world’s attention the growth in birth deformities and cancer rates among the country’s children. The medical crisis is being directly blamed on the widespread use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions by the US and British forces in southern Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War, and the even greater use of DU during the 2003 invasion.

As a result, his stunned and heartbroken family has joined growing ranks of sickened and dying Iraq war vets and their families who believe exposures to toxic poisons in the war zone are behind their illnesses — mostly cancers, striking the young, taking them down with alarming speed. The number of these cancers remains undisclosed, with military officials citing patient privacy issues, as well as lack of evidence the cases are linked to conditions in the war zone. The U.S. Congress has ordered a probe of suspect toxins and may soon begin widespread testing of our armed forces.